12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Kangaloon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Kangaloon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A modest 12.5% of people in East Kangaloon were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This makes the community far less diverse in birthplace than the state or national figures, with a very strong lean towards British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 60%, followed by Australian at 41.3% and Irish at 21.3%. Scottish roots are also common, while Chinese ancestry is not recorded here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas compared to the state and national figures, which are 29.3% and 27.7% respectively. Most residents were born in Australia (82.5%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in East Kangaloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11356/east-kangaloon/topic/ancestry-heritage